Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 20:
Japan's Empress Michiko is 90.
Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 87.
Actor William "Rusty" Russ is 74.
Al Greenwood, keyboards and synthesizer with Foreigner, is 73.
Actress Melanie Mayron ("thirtysomething") is 72.
Movie director Danny Boyle is 68.
Actor Viggo Mortensen ("Lord of the Rings") is 66.
Mark King of Level 42 is 66.
Former Governor General Julie Payette is 61.
US Vice-President Kamala Harris is 60.
Drummer Jim "Soni" Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 60.
Actor Kenneth Choi ("Sons of Anarchy") is 53.
Rapper Snoop Dogg (born Calvin Broadus) is 53.
Country singer Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town is 53.
Singer Dannii Minogue is 53.
Actor Sam Witwer is 47.
Actor John Krasinski ("The Office") is 45.
Pop singer Jess Glynne is 35.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1873, Nellie McClung, suffragist, reformer and legislator. (Sept. 1, 1951)
In 1882, actor Bela Lugosi. (Aug. 16, 1956)
In 1890, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. (July 10, 1941)
In 1904, Canadian politician Tommy Douglas. (Feb. 24, 1986)
In 1908, country and gospel singer-songwriter Stuart Hamblen. (March 8, 1989)
In 1913, country entertainer Grandpa Jones. (Feb. 19, 1998)
In 1925, humorist Art Buchwald. (Jan. 17, 2007)
In 1927, pop psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers. (May 13, 2013)
In 1931, New York Yankee legend Mickey Mantle. (Aug. 13, 1995)
In 1931, baritone Bernard Turgeon. (Oct. 25, 2016)
In 1932, actor William Christopher ("MASH"). (Dec. 31, 2016)
In 1934, trumpeter Bill Chase. (Aug. 9, 1974)
In 1934, jazz tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris. (Nov. 5, 1996)
In 1935, actor Jerry Orbach. (Dec. 28, 2004).
In 1950, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Tom Petty. (Oct. 2, 2017)
In 1952, actor Bill Nunn ("Sirens"). (Sept. 24, 2016)
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